Post union staff to vote on withdrawing Labour Cash

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Party over? Post union staff to vote on withdrawing Labour cash

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ONE of the biggest unions in the country is to officially poll opinion from members on whether it should continue funding the Labour Party, the New Journal can reveal.

Communication Workers Union (CWU) chiefs, representing postal workers, told the New Journal the union would announce plans to launch a “consultative ballot” next week.

The CWU gives at least £1million of union members’ subscriptions to Labour every year in a historic pact intended to guarantee the party represents working people.

Tony Davis, regional CWU rep for north and north-west London, said: “There will be a consultative ballot – it’s going to be announced next week. I think support for Labour is very, very low -– and I’m a party member.”

He said very few members would support Labour in a ballot that would embarrass Prime Minister Gordon Brown and restrict the party’s campaigning potential in the build-up to the general election next year.

Mr Davis was speaking at a picket line at Hampstead delivery office yesterday (Wednesday) – around 40 postal staff attended the protest on the ninth day of industrial action in a row over jobs and conditions.

Hampstead CWU rep John Coater said: “The Labour Party has instructed Post Com, which monitors our service, not to fine Royal Mail for failure. Normally, if Royal Mail failed to deliver post it would be would be fined. The cuts are Government-backed so I don’t see why we should support them.”

[PrestwickPostie]

about time to .... 12 years late ... money should have been withdrawn the minute the goverment announced a post office watchdog that has done nothing but shaft royal mail since day one and bent over backwards to help foriegn competitors like TNT and DHL :mfo

[Big Daz]

London only, Im afraid comrade

They are the only ones who dont fall for the crap about needing the link with local labour parties and MP's will not support us if we break the link.

[brothermagrew]

London only, Im afraid comrade

They are the only ones who dont fall for the crap about needing the link with local labour parties and MP's will not support us if we break the link.

Then in my estimation this is grossly unfair on the full CWU membership who should be allowed to also have their democratic say.

[Big Daz]

Dont say that, Billy will cry if we dont all sign up to his personal view point that Labour are God and can do no wrong.

[pop it in pete]

London only?????
Well each branch has the oppotunity now to submit motions for next years conference instructing the EX to withdraw funding. Also to lobby is own branch members on Londons ballot. The sooner we stop bankrolling this bunch of pale blue NEW Labour morons the better. We should be funding a union backed pro union body not this lot. Why cant we field our own candidates. We can do it and we should do it.

[Big Daz]

Conference?

Motions like that dont tend to get anywhere at conference, this year was even worse than normal!


I'll leave our resident expert Dingo to give you the full crazy detail.